John Byrne's run on the X-Men began with issue #108 and lasted until #143. The team of Claremont, Byrne, and Austin soon became fan-favorites, introducing Alpha Flight and creating the near mythical storylines The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. These and the rest of their stories remain burned into the memories of collective fandom to this day, and have been the basis for several X-Men films.

This Artifact Edition will include more than 100 pages of X-Men covers, splashes, and pages from Byrnes X-Men run. All have been meticulously scanned from the original art and reproduced to the exacting Artist's Edition standards.